Pattern Transitions in a Soft Cylindrical Shell
Yifan Yang, Hui-Hui Dai, Fan Xu, and Michel Potier-Ferry
Phys. Rev. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.215503
Blog posts
Cutting iron foam samples
Hi, I have a sheet of open cell pure iron foam (porosity> 90% , thickness around 2.5 mm), and I would like to prepare 1 cm x 1 cm samples for subsequent compression tests. My foam is ductile and also it can be easily squeezed or bended with hand. I was wondering if I use a big rotatory saw (Bosch 4310, picture attached) to cut long rectangular strips (cuboids) of the foam (20 cm x 1 cm), could it significantly change the mechanical properties of the whole foam sheet, or it would change the mechanical properties of the cutting surface only.
Bifurcation & Chaos in Nonlinear Structural Dynamics: Novel & Highly Efficient Optimal-Feedback Accelerated Picard Iteration Algorithms
A new class of algorithms for solving nonlinear structural dynamical problems are derived in the present paper, as being based on optimal-feedback-accelerated Picard iteration, wherein the solution vectors for the displacements and velocities at any time in a finitely large time interval are corrected by a weighted (with a matrix) integral of the error. We present 3 approximations to solve the Euler-Lagrange equations for the optimal weighting functions; thus we present 3 algorithms denoted as Optimal-Feedback-Accelerated Picard Iteration (OFAPI) algorithms-1, 2, 3.
Postdoc position in granular mechanics and discrete element modeling
A postdoc position is available in the area of computational mechanics, in particular, granular mechanics and discrete element modeling (DEM), in support of a Department of Energy-funded research project on Integrated Process Optimization for Biochemical Conversion. This is a multidisciplinary research project with collaborations between multiple academic institutions and the DOE's Idaho National Laboratory.
Funded Ph.D. position in the Department of Mechanical Engineering- Engineering Mechanics at the Michigan Technological University. Starting September 2018.
We are looking for a self-motivated PhD student to study Machine Learning enabled computational models for applications in Biomedical Imaging and Multi-Scale Material Modeling.
This project will draw ideas from various subjects including Computational Mechanics, Machine Learning and Materials Physics. This is a collaborative project between MTU and University of Wisconsin, Madison.
The candidate would have access to the advanced computing facilities, collaborations with researchers in other universities, and experimental collaborations.
Assistant Professors (tenure track) / Associate Professors in Mechanical Engineering, Department of Engineering, Aarhus University 979843
The Department of Engineering at Aarhus University has a number of open positions as Assistant Professor (tenure track) or Associate Professor at the Section of Mechanical Engineering. The University seeks innovative and visionary engineers/researchers capable of developing the research in Mechanical Engineering.
The positions are available from October 1, 2019 or as soon as possible hereafter.
Research focus
2018 Stephen P. Timoshenko Medal - Professor Ares Rosakis
The Executive Committee of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division is pleased to announce and congratulate Professor Ares Rosakis, the Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, as the recipient of the 2018 Timoshenko Medal.
ICBME 2018: International Conference on Biomechanics and Medical Engineering
ICBME 2018: Call for Paper
International Conference on Biomechanics and Medical Engineering (ICBME 2018)
12-14 September 2018
Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Organiser:
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA
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Multiscale Modeling of Composite Structures Using Mechanics of Structure Genome
I am conducting a free workshop on Mechanics of Structure Genome on the NAFEMS Conference on Advancing Analysis & Simulation in Engineering (https://www.nafems.org/2018/americas) . If you happen to attend the conference, you are welcome to join me. The details are:
Time: Tuesday, June 5th, 2:20-4:00.
Address: Room 21
Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of thermo-responsive properties of silk-elastin-like proteins by integrating multiscale modeling and experiment
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8TB00819A
Fresh in 2018 Journal of Materials Chemistry B HOT Papers! We present integrative experimental and computational understanding of the thermal response in adaptive hydrogels tailor-made from silk-elastin-like proteins that are tunable and responsive to multiple simultaneous external stimuli.